Saint Knud Lavard
Prince
Danois, roi de Wagrie, martyr (✝ 1137)
ou Canut.
Duc de Schleswig, il gouverna avec justice et prudence et favorisa le christianisme. Il fut assassiné, dans une forêt, par des ennemis envieux de son autorité.
Duc de Schleswig, il gouverna avec justice et prudence et favorisa le christianisme. Il fut assassiné, dans une forêt, par des ennemis envieux de son autorité.
Au Danemark, en 1137, saint Canut, surnommé Lavard, martyr.
Martyrologe
romain
January 7
St. Canut
ST. CANUT, second son of
Eric the Good, king of Denmark, was made duke of Sleswig, his elder brother
Nicholas being king of Denmark. Their father, who lived with his people as a father
with his children, and no one ever left him without comfort, says the ancient
chronicle Knytling-Saga, p. 71. died in Cyprus, going on a pilgrimage to the
holy land, in which he had been received by Alexius Comnenus, emperor, at
Constantinople, with the greatest honour, and had founded an hospital at Lucca
for Danish pilgrims. He died in 1103, on the 11th of July. Mallet, l. 2. p.
112.
Canut set himself to make
justice and peace reign in his principality: those warriors could not easily be
restrained from plundering. One day, when he had condemned several together to
be hanged for piracies, one cried out, that he was of blood royal, and related
to Canut. The prince answered, that to honour his extraction, he should be
hanged on the top of the highest mast of his ship, which was executed.
(Helmold, l. 6, c. 49.) Henry, king of the Sclavi, being dead, and his two
sons, St. Canut his nephew succeeded, paid homage to the emperor Lothaire II.
and was crowned by him king of the Obotrites, or western Sclavi. St. Canut was
much honoured by that emperor, in whose court he had spent part of his youth.
Valour, prudence, zeal, and goodness, endeared him to all. He was slain by a
conspiracy of the jealous Danes, the 7th of January, 1130, and canonized in
1171. His son became duke of Sleswig, and in 1158 king of Denmark, called
Valdemar I. and the Great, from his virtuous and glorious actions.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume I: January. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
Canute Lavard M (RM)
(also known as Knud)
Born at Roskilde, c. 1096; died 1131; canonized in 1169; feast of the
translation of his relics is July 25 in Denmark.
Nephew of King Saint Canute
of Denmark and the second son of King Eric the Good of Denmark, Canute spent
part of his youth at the Saxon court. When he came of age and returned to
Denmark with ideals of feudalism and military organization, his uncle King
Niels (Nils) of Denmark made him duke of southern Jutland. Canute ruled from
Schleswig, which he fortified, and defended the whole territory against the
Wends. In fact, most of his life was spent fighting against the viking pirates,
but he finally brought peace and order to the territory. Canute also encouraged
and aided the missionary activities of Saint Vicelin, evangelizer of the Wends,
who was afterwards bishop of Staargard, now Oldenburg.
While duke of Schleswig,
Canute was recognized by Emperor Lothair III in 1129 as sovereign over the
western Wends. This infuriated his uncle, King Niels, who began to regard
Canute as a rival. Two years later, this jealousy led to Canute's murder in an
ambush by Magnus Nielssen and Henry Skadelaar (his cousins) in the forest of
Haraldsted near Ringsted in Zealand.
Canute was formally
canonized as a martyr for justice by Pope Alexander III, at the request of his
son, King Valdemar I. The archbishops of Lund and Uppsala presented evidence
about Canute's life and miracles attributed to his intercession. His relics
were enshrined at Ringsted in 1170 (Attwater, Benedictines, Delaney,
Encyclopedia, Farmer).
In art, Saint Canute is
portrayed as a knight with a wreath, lance, and ciborium. Sometimes he is shown
on horseback in full armor. Venerated in Denmark (Roeder).
SOURCE
: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0107.shtml
Saint Canute Lavard
L'aver sostenuto durante il suo regno l'attività missionaria di San Vicelin, apostolo dei Vendi, costituì un presupposto determinante per favorire la celebrazione della sua canonizzazione, avvenuta nel 1169 per mano del papa Alessandro III, su proposta del figlio postumo di Knud, re Valdemaro I, e dell'arcivescovo Eskil di Lund. L'anno successivo le sue reliquie furono traslate a Ringsted il 25 giugno. In tale anniversario San Canuto Lavard è commemorato in Danimarca, mentre il nuovo Martyrologium Romanum lo cita così nel giorno della morte: “Nel bosco presso Ringstadium, in Danimarca, ricordo di San Canuto Lavard, martire, che a capo degli Slavi occidentali condusse il regno con giustizia e prudenza, esercitando la pietà; fu ucciso dai nemici invidiosi della sua nobile autorevolezza”.
Saint Canute Lavard
Also known as
- Canute Laward
- Canute of Schleswig
- Canute the Lord
- Duke of Jutland
- King of the Western Wends
- Knud Lavard
- Knut Lavard
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Second son of King
Eric the Good of Denmark. Nephew of King
Saint
Canute
of Denmark. Raised in the court of Saxony.
Duke of Jutland with his court at Schlewig. Spent years defending against Viking raids. Supported
the missionary work of Saint Vicelin.
Father of King
Valdemar I, who worked for Canute’s canonization.
King of the Western Wends in 1129.
Canute’s uncle, King
Nils of Denmark, opposed Canute coming to the throne, and arranged his murder. Venerated in Denmark.
Born
- murdered in 1131 by his cousins Magnus Nielsen and Henry Skadelaar in the
forest of Haraldsted near Ringsted in Zeeland, Denmark
- declared a martyr for justice
- relics
enshrined at Ringsted on 25
June 1170
CANUTE LAVARD, ST.
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Danish noble; b. Roskilde, c. 1096; d. Haraldsted, Jan. 7, 1131.
Son of the Danish King Erik Evergood, he was baptized Gregory. The surname
"Lavard" is equivalent to the English "Lord." As a youth he
was at the court of Saxony with the future Emperor Lothair III. His uncle, King
Niels (Nicholas), named him duke of Schleswig c. 1115. Through the
protection of Lothair, whom he tried to evangelize, he became, c. 1129,
prince (Knés) of the Wends in eastern Holstein. Put forward as eventual
successor to King Niels, he constituted a rival to the latter's son, Magnus,
whose entourage assassinated Canute at Haraldsted, near Ringsted, Denmark. This
crime brought on a civil war that lasted until the accession of Canute's son,
Waldemar I the Great. Reports of miracles at Canute's tomb at Ringsted led to
the building of a chapel on the site of the murder. Pope Alexander III
canonized Canute in 1169; the solemn translation of his remains took place on
June 25, 1170. Canute became the patron saint of the Danish guilds, and his
cult spread throughout Denmark and Schleswig. His present tomb at Sankt-Bendt
church, Ringsted, dates only from the 17th century.
Feast: Jan. 7; June 25.
Bibliography: Vitae
sanctorum danorum, ed. m. c. gertz (new ed. Copenhagen 1908–12) 169–247. l.
weibull, Nordisk historia 2 (1948) 415–432. a. butler, The Lives of
the Saints, ed. h. thurston and d. attwater (New York 1956) 1:49. t. gad, Kulturhistorisk
leksikon for nordisk middelalder, ed. j. danstrup (Copenhagen 1956—) 8:600–603,
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San Canuto Lavard Martire
Roskilde (Danimarca), 1096
circa - Haraldsted-Ringstadium (Zeeland, Danimarca), 7 gennaio 1131
San Canuto Lavard, duca di Schleswig e re di Wagrie, governò con
giustizia e prudenza, favorì la religione cattolica, morì martire della giustizia,
ucciso dai cugini pretendenti al trono, e fu canonizzato nel 1169 da Alessandro
III. E’ commemorato in data odierna dal nuovo Martyrologium Romanum.
Patronato: Zeeland (Danimarca)
Emblema: Palma, Corona, Lancia, Ciborio
Martirologio Romano: Nella selva presso Ringsted in Danimarca, san
Canuto, detto Lavard: duca dello Schleswig, resse con giustizia e prudenza il
suo principato e favorì il culto, ma fu ucciso da nemici invidiosi della sua
autorità.
Knud, figlio secondogenito del re Eric il Buono di Danimarca e perciò
nipote del re San Canuto IV, nacque a Roskilde verso il 1096 ed è conosciuto
come “il Signore” dai suoi connazionali. Allevato ed educato alla corte di
Sassonia, suo zio re Niels lo nominò duca dello Jutland meridionale, con sede a
Schlewig, e gli affidò la difesa di tale territorio dai Vendi, popolo slavo
proveniente dalla Sassonia orientale e dalla Prussia. Si sforzò in ogni modo per la
promozione della giustizia e della pace, ma la pirateria vichinga mise
duramente alla prova i suoi buoni propositi. Nel 1129 l'imperatore Lotario III
lo riconobbe quale re dei Vendi occidentali (re di Wagrie), irritando però in
tal modo il re Niels, che lo fece uccidere dai suoi cugini Magnus Nielsen e
Henry Skadelaar il 7 gennaio 1131 nella foresta di Haraldsted vicino a
Ringstadium in Zelanda.
L'aver sostenuto durante il suo regno l'attività missionaria di San Vicelin, apostolo dei Vendi, costituì un presupposto determinante per favorire la celebrazione della sua canonizzazione, avvenuta nel 1169 per mano del papa Alessandro III, su proposta del figlio postumo di Knud, re Valdemaro I, e dell'arcivescovo Eskil di Lund. L'anno successivo le sue reliquie furono traslate a Ringsted il 25 giugno. In tale anniversario San Canuto Lavard è commemorato in Danimarca, mentre il nuovo Martyrologium Romanum lo cita così nel giorno della morte: “Nel bosco presso Ringstadium, in Danimarca, ricordo di San Canuto Lavard, martire, che a capo degli Slavi occidentali condusse il regno con giustizia e prudenza, esercitando la pietà; fu ucciso dai nemici invidiosi della sua nobile autorevolezza”.
Autore: Fabio
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